The Charm of the Popular Beautiful Succubus in Class Doesn't Work on Me ~ For Some Reason, This Beauty Keeps Trying to Hold My Hand ~ - 65

Chapter 65: Yes, With Pleasure

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“Hic… Uuu…”

Kisara buried her face in both hands, sobbing uncontrollably. Even as she choked on her sobs and her lips trembled, she desperately tried to force her words out.

“W-Why… Even after I said such terrible things to you… Why are you being so kind to me?”

“I received strict orders from a certain princess to treat her with the utmost care.”

“I tried so hard…Holding my tears back… And said goodbye…”

“Unfortunately, you didn’t manage to hold back those tears.”

“If you stay with someone like me… Your life will be ruined, Michihito.”

“If my life is going to be ruined, I’d rather it be ruined by a cute girl like you.”

“And…You also got seriously hurt  because of my ‘ability’”

“Kokubun… That bastard was the one who fed you more nonsense, didn’t he?”

“If you stay with me… You’ll be miserable.”

“I swear I’ll show you I can make us both happy.”

“Are you sure… You’re okay with such a selfish girl like me?”

“A selfish girl is much less boring.”

“There’ll be plenty of guys who fall in love with me from now on, you know?”

“Then I’ll just have to knock them all out.”

“Will you love me forever?”

“I promise.”

“Then…”

“…………”

“…Is it okay for me to love you?”

“Of course it is. After all, you’re just a normal girl, Kisara.”

As I nodded slowly, she cried like a child. She threw her head back and wailed, tears falling in large droplets onto the stone steps of the gymnasium. I watched over her without saying a word.

“Ugh… M-Michihito… I’m sorry, I… I lied so much…”

“Yeah.”

“I… I told you those feelings were just an illusion… That I didn’t love you…”

“Yeah.”

“E-Everything you said was right. My ‘ability’ doesn’t work on you.”

“Yeah.”

“At first, that really frustrated me… I was obsessed with making you say you ‘love’ me somehow. But then, little by little, those feelings started to change… My desire to make you love me… Turned into something truly precious.”

“Yeah.”

“That’s why… Ever since we started ‘pretending’ to be lovers, I completely stopped using my ‘ability.’ Not just on you, but on anyone. I didn’t want to toy with the feelings of ‘love’ anymore.”

“Yeah.”

“After we started ‘pretending’ to be lovers, I began to feel genuinely happy every day. It had been so long since I laughed from the bottom of my heart. When I was with you, even someone like me… Could be just an ordinary girl.”

“Yeah.”

“But still… Akari’s words hurt me and I remembered what happened with Shibuya-senpai… I was terrified of doing the same thing to you. So… I told a lie… I told you that I ‘didn’t love you’ and left you.”

“Yeah.”

“But the truth is… The truth is… I love you so much I couldn’t stand it. I couldn’t sleep at night because I kept thinking about you. My heart would race when I remembered your expressions, I’d get butterflies when I recalled your voice, and I’d grin like an idiot just thinking about your scent. I’m completely hopelessly in love with you.”

“Yeah.”

“…And also…”

“A-Ah… um… Kisara?”

At the sound of my voice, Kisara suddenly snapped back to reality and looked up, startled.

“I’m happy with all the love, but my outstretched hand is feeling a little sad right now.”

Still holding out my hand to Kishara, I scratched my left cheek awkwardly. Seeing my face, Kishara suddenly seemed to realize what she had just said, and her face turned bright red. She bit her lip in frustration.

Ah, Kishara always makes this face when she’s so embarrassed to the point she can’t contain her embarrassment.  No… This is… Ridiculously cute.

“Ugh… Idiot! You made me say all that! Don’t embarrass a girl like that!!”

“I really want to take a picture of that face, Kishara.”

Her face flushed an even deeper red as she glared at me. If looks could kill, I’d surely be dead by now.

“Ugh… This is so embarrassing. I want to cry again…”

“Hey… Think about how embarrassing it is for me too. I held out my hand asking you to dance, and you just left me hanging.”

We stared at each other’s blushing faces. Then, at the same time, we both burst into laughter.

“Haha, this is hilarious! Now that I think about it, your pose was way too funny! You look like Colonel Sanders!”

“Idiot, Colonel Sanders holds out both hands! And you’ve got some nerve saying that after you went on and on with that over-the-top ‘I love you so much’ speech!”

“T-That’s because… You said you love me more than anyone in the world… I kinda got caught up in the moment, or, umm…”

“So, was it a lie?”

“…It wasn’t a lie, but…”

Kishara’s eyes, nose, and even ears turned bright red as she looked away awkwardly.

“I love you more than anyone in the world, Kisara. That much is absolutely true.”

“Ah… I… I love you too! A lot!”

She hurriedly lifted her face.

“Then…”

“…Yeah.”

“This time for real. Will you dance with me?”

I held out my hand to her once more. Our eyes met.

“Yes, with pleasure.”

Her hand, placed gently over mine, was slender, graceful, as white as snow…And more importantly, it was just the hand of a normal girl. Yes. Just a normal girl, nothing more, nothing less.

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